Mop-wringer.



J. A. WHITE,

MOP WRINGBR.

APPLICATION FILED MABJG, 190

" Patented June 1, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN AIWHITE, 0F OXFORD, OHIO.

MOP-WRINGER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it knowngthat I, JOHN A. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, residing at OX- ford, in-the county of Butler and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in. h'Iop-VVringers, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying draw mgs. H I

This invention relates to mop Wringers, and the object of the same is to provide such a wringer with means for preventing the edge of the mo 'r-from escaping from between the ends of the rollers.

With this object in view my'invention consists in certain novel features of construction hereinafter to be described, and then more par icularly pointed out in the claims.

In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional a mop pail showing the mop wringer with my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is a detail view of the wringer with the guard in its idle or norm Fig. 2-5 is a similar view with the guard in itsoperative position, and Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the pail with the mop wringer mounted therein.

In these drawings, I have. preferred form of my invention and have shown the same as applied to a wellhnown fornrof inop wringer comprising a pair of j rollers Land 2 placed substantially parallel and provided with axles 3 adapted to engage hearings in suitable brackets 4 and .3. These rollers are' normally spaced a slight distal-ace apart and one of the rollers, here shown asZ, is movablerelatively to the other. roller. this movement being permitted by providing elongated litaring slots (5 for the axles of said roller. 'll'iejmovable roller 2 is held in its normal position close to the roller 1 by means of suitable springs T and H which ermit. the same to move away from that rol er. These rollers are preferablv of a length considerably less than the diameter of the pail iii which they are mounted, thus enabling the mop to be inserted from the side of the wringer, that is, between the inner ends of the rollers. The bearing bracket 5, the outer ends of the rollers or the ends lying nearest the side. of the pail are mounted, is preferably a continuous bracket. supporting the axles of both rollers mid-extending across the space between said rollers at the outer ends thereof, thus effectually preventing the escape of the mop from that end of the Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed Hatch 16, 1998 Serial No. 421,424.

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' roller. Itisnecessary,however,that thespaee between the rollers remain open at the inner end in order that themop may be inserted therein, but this also permitsthe edge of the rollers as the s'anie'is beingfdrawn between the rollers. v

In order to permit the mop to be inserted between the rollers and the ends of this open space then closed to prevent the escape of t 1e mop therefrom, I provide a suitable guard. which is adapted to be actuatedby the rotation of one of the rollers, as thc mop space between the rollers to prevent the escape of the mop. This guard preferably comprises a plate 9 which is loosely mounted on the axle 3 of the movable roller 2 between the in-ner end of that roller and its supporting bracket 4. This' plate fits closely between the supporting bracket and the adjacent end' of the movable roller, and, while the weight ofnthis plate is, preferably, such as to cause the same to normally hang in substantially a verti'calhposition, thereby leaving the space between the rollers 1 and 2 open at the inner end thereoli, the relative positions of the plate andth'e adjacent end of the roller are such that when said roller is rotated about its longitudinal axis the frictional contact will be sullicient to overcome i thewcightof the plate and the plate will be turned about its ivotal center and caused to move along with t hedroller, this movelnent being in such a direction as to move the plate into position across the space between therollers 1 and 2. This movement of the plate 0 continues until the free end of the same has, come into contact with the.

hearing bracket 4 which supports the adjacent end of the fixed roller and which forms a stop for the free end of the plate and retains the same in position across the space between the two rollers, thus effectually closing this space at the inner end of the "rollers. While the frictional contact between the plate and the roller may, under normal conditions, be suflicient to move the plate, this frictional contact isincreased by a slight longitudinal twisting or turning 1 movemert of the roller in its bearings, thus causing the end of the roller to pinch the late 9 between the same and the bearing racket. This twisting movement of the i roller may be caused by the irregularities n f the thickness of the mop, which, when it mopto escape from between the ends ofthe 1s drawn between the same, to close the lit) ' roller 2 will be removed and theplate will drop to its normal or inoperative position.

The plate 9 preferably has the upper corner.

of the free end thereof cut away, as shown at-10 .to prevent the same catching in the threads or fabric of the mop and thus preventing the operation ofthe guard.

From the foregoing description it will be aplparent that I have provided a'"guard w 'ch will close the space between the two rollers of the mop wringer in such a manner. as to prevent the escape of. the mop from the ends of the 'rollers"after it has once been inserted between the same. i It will be further apparent that the device can-be readily at-. tached to mop wringers of ty es other than that herein shown and'that't e guard itself can be modified to adapt the same to existing conditions, and, therefore, I wish it to be understood that I- do-n0t desire to be limited to the exact details of construction shown and described, for obvious modifica tions will occur to a person skilled in the art. Havlng thus fully described my invention,

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what I clai i as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A mop wn'ngercomprising a pair of and a guard carried by one of said rollers and adapted. to be actuated by the rotation of said roller to close'thespace be tween said rollers at one end-thereof. Y 2. A mo ,wringer corn rising bearing brackets, ro lers having ax es. journaled in said bearing brackets, and a guard comprisinga-plate mounted on one of said axles between the roller and its bearing bracket and adapted to be moved into its 0 erative position by the rotation of said ro er.

3. ,A mop wringer comprising a pair of rollers," one of saidrollers being movable relativel to the other, bearing brackets for said ro ers, a guard comprising a plate loosely mounted between one end of. said 'movable roller and its bearing bracket and adapted to be actuated by the rotation of "said movable roller when the same has been moved relatively to the other roller.

4. A mop wringer comprising a pair of rollers, and a guard movablysupported near "one end of said rollers and adapted to be actuated bythe rotation of one of said rollers to close the space between said rollersat one end thereof.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature in presenceof two witnesses. 1 JOHN A. WHITE Witnesses:

'S. S. WHITE,

A. S. SLOANE; 

